The Men's 5000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 20 and 23 August at the Beijing National Stadium. The winning margin was 4.98 seconds.
The qualifying standards were 13:21.50 (A standard) and 13:28.00 (B standard).
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading time were as follows:
The following new Olympic record was set during this competition:
Date Event Athlete Time Notes 23 August 2008 Final 12:57.82 OR
Results
Heat 1
Qualification: First 4 in each heat(Q) and the next 3 fastest(q) advance to the Final.
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Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 Matthew Tegenkamp 13:37.36 Q 2 Eliud Kipchoge 13:37.50 Q 3 Tariku Bekele 13:37.63 Q 4 Kidane Tadasse 13:37.72 Q 5 Alemayehu Bezabeh 13:37.88 q 6 Alistair Ian Cragg 13:38.57 q 7 Juan Luis Barrios 13:42.39 q 8 Anis Selmouni 13:43.70 9 Aadam Ismaeel Khamis 13:44.76 10 Collis Birmingham 13:44.90 11 Geofrey Kusuro 13:50.50 12 Sultan Khamis Zaman 13:53.38 13 Takayuki Matsumiya 14:20.24 14 Soe Min Thu 15:50.56
Heat 2
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 13:46.41 Q 2 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 13:46.58 Q 3 Abreham Cherkos 13:47.60 Q 4 Jesús España 13:48.88 Q 5 Ali Abdalla 13:49.68 6 Mo Farah 13:50.95 7 Adrian Blincoe 13:55.27 8 Mourad Marofit 14:00.76 9 Ian Dobson 14:05.47 10 Tonny Wamulwa 14:06.96 11 Kevin Sullivan 14:09.16 12 Ali Saïdi-Sief 14:15.00 13 Nader Almassri 14:41.10 Rashid Ramzi
Heat 3
Rank Athlete Nationality Time Notes 1 Bernard Lagat 13:39.70 Q 2 James Kwalia C'Kurui 13:39.96 Q 3 Kenenisa Bekele 13:40.13 Q 4 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa 13:41.30 Q 5 Craig Mottram 13:44.39 6 Moukheld Al-Outaibi 13:47.00 7 Kensuke Takezawa 13:49.42 SB 8 Monder Rizki 13:54.41 9 Alberto García 13:58.20 10 Philippe Bandi 13:59.68 11 Abdelaziz Ennaji El Idrissi 14:05.30 12 Abdinasir Said Ibrahim 14:21.58 Selim Bayrak Hasan Mahboob David Galván
Final
23 August 2008 - 20:10 RankAthleteCountryTimeNotes Kenenisa Bekele 12:57.82 Eliud Kipchoge 13:02.80 Edwin Cheruiyot Soi 13:06.22SB4 Moses Ndiema Kipsiro 13:10.56 5 Abreham Cherkos 13:16.46 6 Tariku Bekele 13:19.06 7 Juan Luis Barrios 13:19.79SB8 James Kwalia C'Kurui 13:23.48 9 Bernard Lagat 13:26.89 10 Kidane Tadasse 13:28.40 11 Alemayehu Bezabeh 13:30.48 12 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa 13:31.34 13 Matthew Tegenkamp 13:33.13 14 Jesús España 13:55.94 Alistair Cragg
Splits Intermediate Athlete Country Mark 1000m Tariku Bekele 2:45.49 2000m Tariku Bekele 5:22.29 3000m Kenenisa Bekele 8:00.85 4000m Kenenisa Bekele 10:32.52
References